Doll-head.



J. M. DIOKSON.

DOLL HEAD.

APPLICATION-FILED PEBJZ, 1912.

1,027,324. I -PatentedMay21,1912.

Inventor Attorneys Witnesses useful Doll-Head,

ments in doll heads, the

tation of the drum at vention herein disclosed can be is the provision of a JOHN M. nicxson, or :rnnmnaroms, INDIANA;

DOLLQH'EAID.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed-February 12, 1912. Serial No. 677,097.

Patented May 21, 19121 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that-I, JOHN M. DICKSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented a new an i of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relatesto improveprimary object of the invention being the provision of a novel means, whereby a different pair of eyes may[ be disposed successively or consecutively through the eye apertures in the head of a doll or other lay figure,

ran ed mechanism being reclining position, the weight actuated mechanism will be actuated to present upon the up-righting of with the different eyes just presented.

A further object pair of eye carrying drums keyed upon' and rotatable with a shaft disposed transversely .within' the head of the fi ure, each of said drums being proof peripherally dispairs to the respective apertures provided in the head of the figure, there being a weight actuated lever operably connected to the spindle and in co-active tilted to reclining position, it is released from the drumandwhen returning to an upright position, to engage to rotate the drums to present being a locking device operably connected to thespindle for preventing the too far roeach reclining and uprightingof the head.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the inmade within the scope of what is claimed without de parting from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a section taken on line l1 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a a peculiarly ar-; disposed withinthe ead of the doll or figure and controlled E by weight actuated and ratchet mechanism,- whereby uponthe movement of the head to the head, a pair of eyes" characteristics from the' of the present inventionrelation to the drum, so that when the head of the figure is another pair of eyes to the eye apertures in the head of the figure, there front elevation ofthe complete eye carrying drums and operating mechanism wlth the back of the doll head removed. Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2-. Fig. 4 is a section on line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the head of the lay-figure, which in the present instance represents a doll, and

it is to be understood, may represent the head of any wax display figures that are used in displaying dresses and the like in show windows, said head as usual being provided with the eye apertures 2.

J ournaled within the head transversely thereof in the rear of, but in linewith the apertures 2 is the main shaft or spindle 3, which has keyed thereupon and rotatable therewith the two eye carrying drums 4 and 5, respectively, said drums being spaced apart, the purpose of which will presently appear, and being retained relatively upon the spindle against longitudinal movement means of the two spring disks 6 as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2. A spool 7 is disposed upon the spindle or shaft between the respective eye carrying drums 4 and 5 and has rotatably mounted thereon, the eye 8 of the lever or arm 9, which has mounted upon its lowerend the weight 10 which forms an operating pendant for rotating the respective drums 4 and 5 as will presently appear.

In order to prevent injury to the head of the lay figure due to the oscillation of the weightlO and in case the head should be moved too far forwardly, thereby bringing the weight into close contact with the wall thereof, a cushion 11 is positioned as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, in the'pathof to be engaged by the said weight 10.

A band 12 is connected to and carried by the drum 4 adjacent to the space between the respective arms 4 and 5 and is provided witht-he ratchet teeth 13, which are disposed in the path to be engaged by the arm or rod 9, so that when the head is tilted to reclining position, the rod 9 will ride over such teeth without affecting the movement, of I the drums, right position, said rod 9 will engage one of the ratchet teeth and' rotate both drums to bring the nextsuccessive pair of eyes into line with the apertures 2. v

In order to prevent a too far rotationof the respective drums 4 and 5, due to the uprighting ofthe head 1, and the weight actuated lever or arm 9, a toothed ratchet 14 but when the head is moved to upmade of any desired material and may or may not have the surface 16, which is non-circular in form and is provided with a plurality of fiat surfaces 17, to each of which is connected the imitation eye 18, the respective surfaces 17 of the drums 4 and 5 being so positioned as to he presented in proper alinement, so that each one will present an imitation eye 18 at its respective aperture 2 of the head when the head is in the position as shown in Fig. 1.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings, it is evident that the respective drums 4 and 5 may carry different colored pairs of eyes, each of said eyes having certain characteristics with relation to the positioning of the pupil and retina thereof or may contain blank places to represent a sleeping lay figure.

It is also evident that any form of mecha nism may be mounted within the lay figure to automatically rotate the drums 4 and 5, to consecutively or successively display various pairs of eyes, when the figures are used in connection with display figures in windows, and thus not require the reclining operation of the head.

If so desired the head may be pivoted to the body of the lay-figure, and have imparted thereto the desired tilting and uprighting movement to cause the rotation of the drums 4 and 5 at predetermined intervals to make the desired change, in the expression or color of the eyes.

What is claimed is:

1. A lay figure head provided with eye apertures, a rotatable eye carrying member disposed within the head, a plurality of pairs of imitation eyes carried by said member, and means for imparting a step-bystep movement to said member and successively alining a pair of said imitation eyes at a time with the eye apertures of the head.

2. A lay figure head provided with eye apertures, a rotatable eye carrying member disposed within the head, a plurality of pairs of imitation eyes carried by said member, a pendulum pivotally connected to said rotatable member, and means carried by said rotatable member and in coactive relation with said pendulum for imparting a step-by-step movement to said member due to the oscillation of the pendulum for presenting the pairs of imitation eyes, one pair at a time to the apertures of the head.

3. A lay-figure head provided with eye apertures, a shaft j-ournaled transversely of the head, two eye carrying drums carried by and rotatable upon each shaft, a plurality of eyes carried by each drum and disposed in alined pairs upon presentation to the eye apertures of the head, a pendulum disposed between the drums and free to move without relation thereto, and means carried by the drum and disposed in coactive relation wi h the pendulum to be acted thereupon due to the oscillation of the pendulum to impart step-by-step rotation to the drums.

4. A lay-figure head provided with eye apertures, a shaft journaled transversely of the head, two eye carryin drums carried by and rotatable upon the s aft, a plurality of eyes carried by each drum and disposed in alined pairs upon presentation to the eye apertures of the head, a pendulum swingingly mounted between the drums and free to move with relation thereto, and a ratchet carried by one of said drums and disposed in the path to be engaged by said pendulum during the oscillation of the pendulum to have imparted thereto and the drum a stepby-step rotation.

5. A lay-figure head provided with eye apertures, a rotatable eye carrying member disposed within the head, a plurality of pairs of imitation eyes carried by said member, means for imparting a step-by-step movement to said member and successively alining a pair of said imitation eyes at a time with the eye apertures of the head, and coactive means carried by the rotatable member and the head of the figure to limit the movement of the member during the rotation thereof.

6. A lay-figure head provided with eye apertures, a rotatable eye carrying member disposed within the head, a plurality of pairs of imitation eyes carried by said mem er, a pendulum pivotally connected to said rotatable member, means carried by said rotatable member and in coactive relation with said pendulum for imparting a step-by-step movement to said member due to the oscillation of the pendulum.for presenting the pairs of imitation eyes, one pair at a time to the apertures ofvthe head, and emotive means carried by the rotatable member and the head of'the figure to limit the movement of the member during the rotation thereof.

7. A lay-figure head provided with eye apertures, a shaft journaled transversely of the head, two eye carrying drums carried by and rotatable upon the shaft, a plurality of .eyes carried by each drum and disposed in alined pairs upon presentation to the eye apertures of the head, a pendulum swingingly mounted between the drums and free to move with relation thereto, a ratchet carried by one of said drums and disposed in the path to be engaged by said pendulum In testimony that I claim the foregoing as during the oscillation of the pendulum to my own, I haveihereto affixed my signature have imparted thereto and the drums a stepin the presence of two witnesses. v by-step rotation, and coactive means carried JOHN M. DICKSON.

5 by one of the rotatable drums and the head Witnesses:

of the figure to limit the movement of the LESLIE L. DUVALL, drum during the rotation thereof. LoUIs J. MORGAN. 

